NASCAR race for the young and fast
Logano pulled away from the pack to win Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 in Brooklyn, Mich., and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson to form the youngest top three in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.
The trio’s average age of 23 was younger than the 24.7 of the top three finishers at a race in 1951 and two races the previous year.
Logano, the pole-setter, moved past Elliott on lap 153 and stayed ahead for the 15th Sprint Cup series victory of his career in the 15th race of a year that has included 10 different winners.
Brad Keselowski was fourth and points leader Kevin Harvick finished fifth at Michigan International Speedway.
NASCAR’s latest aerodynamic package made its debut, part of the sport’s plan to create more competitive racing.
Continuing Mercedes Formula One dominance, Hamilton took advantage of Sebastian Vettel’s two-pit-stop strategy to claim his 45th career F1 win.
Hamilton cut Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s lead in the championship standings from 24 points to nine, 116-107.
The IndyCar race at soggy Fort Worth, Texas, has been postponed for the second day in a row, and this time the series will wait more than two months — Aug. 27 — before trying again.
Only 71 of the scheduled 248 laps were completed Sunday before rain in an approaching thunderstorm hit the track.
A hard crash involving Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly sent Newgarden to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas with right shoulder and right hand injuries.